Two months ago, James Lovelock, the godfather of global warming, gave a startling interview to msnbc.com in which he acknowledged he had been unduly alarmist about climate change.

The implications were extraordinary.

Lovelock is a world-renowned scientist and environmentalist whose Gaia theory  that the Earth operates as a single, living organism  has had a profound impact on the development of global warming theory.

This IDIOT doesn’t understand thermodynamics, nor the ebb & flow of solar cycles, and the ebb and flow of all the other cycles. The Earth cannot maintain its energy level on this planet without the warm nurishment from the Sun to keep us warm.

God has decided that our planet is worthy of cycles that keep us safe and warm, so that we can grow our own food, enjoy fresh water, and breathe the air that is washed by rain.

If so, then humanity is part of that organism and anything we do is, by definition, "natural."

It drives me crazy that deep enviros claim that man is on the one hand just another animal, of no greater value than any other; and on the other an alien and evil presence on the planet, the enemy of the ecosystem and all other living things. The beliefs are not compatible, though of course this does not stop them from holding both at the same time.

I wish somebody would explain to me exactly why a beaver dam is "natural" and Hoover Dam is not.

The growth of state bureaucracy, unelected regional councils and choking regulation is the result of adhering to a global agenda implemented locally. The expense of all this is astounding in a time of budget austerity. Further, it restricts commerce and destroys property rights which affects tax revenue. In turn, the state looks increasingly to the victimized business or property owner to pay for the increased costs of beauraucracy - driving small businesses to the ground.

... He responds to attacks on his revised views by noting that, unlike many climate scientists who fear a loss of government funding if they admit error, as a freelance scientist, hes never been afraid to revise his theories in the face of new evidence. Indeed, thats how science advances. ...

Global Warming has gone beyond the interest of profit into the realm of religion, or at least a substitute for religion in the minds of the secular, and some professed religious as well. In God’s eyes, morality and repentance of the commandments as given in the Bible is more important, especially when human civilization as a whole could only end with his permission and will behind it.

Lovelock was hammerlock pressured into towing the IPCC line. Believe it. At the time I wrote, the IPCC contradicted Lovelock's life work, for how can it be that gaia (lower-case g) suddenly (post-Industrial Age) can't take care of 'herself'? Millions of years gaia worked it out, and now she can't handle +2F (at most)?

Lovelock was hammerlock pressured into towing the IPCC line. Believe it. At the time I wrote, the IPCC contradicted Lovelock's life work, for how can it be that gaia (lower-case g) suddenly (post-Industrial Age) can't take care of 'herself'? Millions of years gaia worked it out, and now she can't handle +2F (at most)?

I wish somebody would explain to me exactly why a beaver dam is "natural" and Hoover Dam is not.

Because they hate humans. Actually, they hate themselves and project that hate onto all humans.

What is important here is to note that he admits that published scientist in the Climate Change field cannot now admit they were wrong, since they could lose government funding. So basically, government funding has turned science into a religion. The only true science now is self funded.

Why do you resort to name-calling? This guy understands those principles perfectly well. But for you to apparently deny that carbon dioxide molecules trap heat is really anti-scientific.

The argument boils down to how much effect increased CO2 will have. I happen to think (hope?) that it won't have much because of natural stabilizing influences (clouds, oceans, etc..) I agree with you, too, that the Sun has a huge effect that many dismiss.

I wouldn't call him an idiot, though. He clearly is not. We need many more sane voices like him.

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posted on 06/23/2012 3:02:08 PM PDT
by BfloGuy
(The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)

They think that the earth - Gaia - is a living creature, and that humans are a plague upon the earth. They point out that illnesses and plagues can exist for a long time, before reaching a mass and breaking out and doing a lot of damage. That is what we, humans, are doing.

Enviromentalism a nearly 100% white cult for snobs who can pretend to some esoteric higher principle. It is politically aligned with the Democratic party which is at least half comprised of people who cannot spell “enviroment” much less care about the enviroment. But then again noticing this much less commenting upon these facts is verbotten by the gatekeepers of “respectable” conservatism.

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